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| Penumbral Eclipse begins | 8 Oct at 7:17 PM | 83° | 0.5° below | Not directly visible | Below horizon |
| Moonrise | 8 Oct at 7:21 PM | 82° | 0.0° below | Not directly visible | Below horizon |
| Partial Eclipse begins | 8 Oct at 8:18 PM | 73° | 10.0° |  | Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. |
| Total Eclipse begins | 8 Oct at 9:27 PM | 61° | 22.1° |  | Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. |
| Maximum Eclipse | 8 Oct at 9:55 PM | 56° | 26.6° |  | Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. |
| Total Eclipse ends | 8 Oct at 10:22 PM | 50° | 30.7° |  | Total moon eclipse ends. |
Yea Camera Club will again hold its annual photographic competition on Melbourne Cup Weekend 1st to 4th November 2014 at Beaufort Manor 111 High Street YEA. |
| Grand opening Night 2013 |
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| 2013 Opening night |
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| Beaufort Manor 111 High Street Yea (Opposite Shell) |
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| The following article from Light Stalking touches on a subject that puts the fear of x*?!@ into many photographers...how about you? Click here for Light Stalking. Who among us really enjoys chores? No one, I think it’s safe to say. It’s a sentiment that, for most of us, surfaces as kids when we’re pressed into the horrific reality of having to keep our room clean and take our turn washing dishes. We learn that chores are an inescapable part of life, but we also figure out that not all chores are created equal — some are far more detestable than others. Unfortunately, many people find that even when engaged in something they absolutely love doing, there is sometimes a degree of drudgery involved in one aspect or another, some chore that has to be completed as an inextricable component of an otherwise enjoyable activity.  Photo by Andrew Seaman  Photo by Håkan Dahlström You have to serve as curator of your own image collection; it’s not an easy job, but you’ve got to do it. As you transfer your images from the memory card to your computer, remind yourself that not every shot is a keeper. Take a critical look at all your new images and keep only the very best. The “best” ones aren’t limited to those that are tack sharp or perfectly exposed, but more importantly are the ones that are most meaningful to you, the images that are most representative of the experience captured in the photos. Working with an application such as Lightroom makes the whole keep/discard process a bit more efficient, as you can simply flag the shots you want to keep and mark the rest as “Rejected.” You can archive those rejected images on a separate drive or delete them altogether. Either way, the point is to have only your best shots in front of you.  Photo by Bert Kaufmann To make things a little easier for future use, start by adding a few organizational elements like keywords, categories, or ratings. Then apply basic edits to your pared-down image collection: straighten, crop, fix exposure; you can even use a keyboard shortcut to apply identical edits to a batch of similar images, which greatly speeds up the process. This first round of edits will give you a better idea of what/how much subsequent editing your images will require. Don’t underestimate the importance of this first phase; it’s easy to dive into doing a full range of editing on a single photo just to come out the other end realizing that you’ve got shots more worthy of your attention. Starting out with basic edits lets you know which images will move on to round two.  Photo by jDevaun Take a Break After you have applied the finishing touches to all your images, get up and walk away from your computer. Do something — anything — unrelated to image editing. Just leave your photos alone — they’ll be fine on their own. Return to them a few hours or even a day later; looking at them again with fresh eyes will give you a great deal of perspective and new insight. You might suddenly find yourself wanting to go in an entirely different direction, with an entirely different look; you might sit back and find yourself thoroughly satisfied with what you have created. No matter what conclusion you arrive at, it’s easier to trust your own judgment after you’ve had some time to clear your head and rest your eyes.  Photo by streetwrk.com We all have to accept image editing as a fact of the photographer’s life; the idea, though, should be to make the process an efficient one so that you can get back to shooting as soon as possible. Even if you continue to see post-processing as a chore, it doesn’t have to be as dreadful an activity as it once was (and post-processing digital files is surely orders of magnitude easier than what you would have to do if you were working with film); all you need to do is rethink your basic workflow and get right to it. Who knows, you may even come to enjoy editing your shots. Some people do. It’s okay if you never count yourself amongst those that like image editing, just don’t let it stress you out and take all the fun out of photography.
Author information
Jason
Little is a photographer (shooting macros, portraits, candids, and the
occasional landscape), part time writer, and full time lover of music. You
can see Jason’s photography on his photography blog or on
Flickr.
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Re: Wildlife
Filming and Photography with Turtles on Heron Island
